Samuel JohnsonDespite his status as one of the founding fathers of modern English literature, few of Samuel Johnson's works are widely read today. This book suggests that his writings need to be appreciated in the context of contemporary debates over the role and status of literature within a rapidly expanding culture. |
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Page 79
... tour of the Highlands and Islands of Boswell's native land . Starting in Edinburgh , the pair travelled up the East Coast , via St Andrews , Montrose , and Aberdeen . They continued around the coast to Inverness and then across to the ...
... tour of the Highlands and Islands of Boswell's native land . Starting in Edinburgh , the pair travelled up the East Coast , via St Andrews , Montrose , and Aberdeen . They continued around the coast to Inverness and then across to the ...
Page 80
... tour , The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , with a description of Johnson's infirmities , and of how he ' was become a little dull of hearing . His sight had always been somewhat weak ... His head , and sometimes also his body ...
... tour , The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides , with a description of Johnson's infirmities , and of how he ' was become a little dull of hearing . His sight had always been somewhat weak ... His head , and sometimes also his body ...
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... tour as stimuli for serious reflections , rather than presenting them as inherently interesting . Even when dealing with issues such as domestic hygiene , which he is conscious may be considered trivial , he does so in terms that ...
... tour as stimuli for serious reflections , rather than presenting them as inherently interesting . Even when dealing with issues such as domestic hygiene , which he is conscious may be considered trivial , he does so in terms that ...
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London and The Vanity of Human Wishes | 1 |
The Rambler and the Idler | 25 |
The Dictionary | 39 |
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